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W. PENTE.

TOY.

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1,231,059.! Patented June 26,1917.

1 WILLIAM PENTE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 26, 1917.

Application filed May 18, 1916. Serial No. 98,248.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM PENTE, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and vState of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Toys, of which the following is a' full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to toys, more particularly to that class of toys constructed of paper or cardboard bearing the representation of an object which the toy simulates or which it is a miniature of.

I am familiar with numerous attempts in the prior art to construct toys of paper or cardboard or the like from a blank which is creased or folded to form the object and to provide it with a suitable stand for holding the same in a generally upright position.

These devices generally consist of a body or object portion and a bracket or supporting portion. The chief difficulty with prior devices is the fact that the body or object portion does not remain in a vertical position since the bend of the paper alone is depended upon to maintain the object portion erect. A further difficulty with prior art devices has been that the objects have toppled over too easily due to imperfect support. They are so poorly supported that a breath of air overturned them.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved paper toy which is highly realistic and which avoids the above objection. The toy of my invention is confstructed of a single blank of paper and is provided with an erect body portion simulating in outline and by pictorial representation the body which is simulated. This body or object portion is formed of two corresponding halves folded back to back. The base is composed of portions formed inte ral with the body or object halves, and

. each base half is foldedat right angles to the corresponding body half. The two base halves are held in line with each other and against each other thereby forming a base lying in a single plane and at right angles to the body portion. The base thus extends around the object and supports it on all sides. The body portion stands erect and is provided with pictorial representations of the object which it simulates and which it shows in outline.

A highly realistic toy is thus provided. Due to the wide base of support and due to the fact that the base lies flat on the ground, the toy is not easily blown over and stands up even against a considerable movement of air.

I shall now describe in detail in connection with the accompanying drawings, which form a part of the present specification, one embodiment of my invention in order to apprise those skilled in the art how to construct and practise my invention.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank from which the toy is constructed; this blank may be of paper, cardboard or the like;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the toy in completed condition; and

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same.

The blank shown in Fig. 1 consists of two registering halves 1 and 2 of the body portion which are joined together at their center as indicated along the line 3 of Fig. 1 which line, when the two body halves are folded together, forms the top of the body portion. The body halves 1 and 2 are formed integral with the base halves 4 and 5. The base halves 4: and 5 are folded at right angles with respect to the body halves 1 and 2 along the lines 6 and 7 indicated in Fig. 1. By thus folding along the lines 3, 6 and 7, the body halves 1 and 2 are brought into exact register so that the body portion viewed from either side pre sents a clean cut representation of the object. The blank is suitably colored or shaded to enhance the representation.

In order to maintain the two base halves 4- and 5 in the same plane at right angles to the body portion, I provide interlocking tongues formed out of the same piece of material projecting from the inner edges of the base halves. I wish it to be distinctly understood that the particular means which I have illustrated for holding the two base halves in line with each other and edge to edge, is but one manner of accomplishing the same, and the particular manner of securing this function best adapted to any specific situation will at once suggest itself to one skilled in the art. For exampleit is apparent that a stiff piece overlying the joints between the two base halves will secure the same results.

The base half 4-is provided on each side with two inwardly projecting flaps or tabs 8 and 9 which are separated by a slit 10,

while the basehalf 5 is provided with projecting flaps 11, which, when the two halves decorated as desired. For instance, in the particular embodiment shown in the drawings the-base may be decorated to simulate a doily or napkin upon which the cup and saucer rest. 1

It will" be apparent to those skilled in the art that the invention is capable of other embodiments and that modification may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. The preferred form which I have illustrated is particularly advantageous in that it may be constructed of a single sheet of material and that no base or external fastening means isrequired for holding the parts together.

It is to be understood that any desired object may be represented: and that the size' and dimensions of the base and body I parts are not of the essence of the invention.

The base parts may both have flaps such as 8, 9 or the base parts may be differently arranged and be either symmetrical or unsymmetrical, as found desirable.

What I claim is:

1. In combination a front body part and a rear body part joined ,together at their tops, a front base partand a rear base part, each of said parts being joined to the corresponding body parts, said base parts having means for holding the body parts together at right angles to the base parts and for holding the base part in substantially the same plane.

2. A blank for a toy comprising a front base part, a front body part, a rear body part and a rear base part, said blank being adapted to be folded through one hundred and eighty degrees at the line joining the body parts and through ninety degrees at the line joining the base parts and the body parts, portions of said base parts overlapping to connect and form an integral base. 3. A blank for a toy comprising a front base part, a front body part, a rear body edges of said base parts for holding the parts in position when folded.

4. In a device of the class described, front and back base parts and front and back body parts formed of a single sheet of material, said body parts being secured to gether at their tops and being secured to the respective base parts at their bottoms, said base parts having overlapping means for holding the bodyparts together and for holding the base same plane.

5. In combination, a fiat body member folded to form a pair of registering sections provided with pictorial representations on their external faces, the .free end portions of said sections being folded at right angles and arranged in overlapping relation to form a supporting base.-

parts in substantially the 6. In combination, a flat body member folded to form a pair of registering sections, the free end portions of said sections being enlarged and folded at right angles to provide base portions, and means to frictionally connect said portions when arranged in overlapping relation whereby to form a continuous supporting base.

7. In combination, a flat body member folded to form a pair of registering sections representing an object, the free ends of said sections being incised and bent to provide overlapping portions forming a continuous base. V

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 16th day of May, A. D. 1916.

WILLIAM PENTE; 

